Sport Non AFL Sports Gameday and General Discussion thread

[TheGoatBaron]

No anti-American or European shit is to be posted in here

Although I’m waiting for this thread to be moved though, nothing random about this thread

Any sport is welcomed

Phillies beat the Red Sox 3-2 in the 10th inning

 

[The King!]

catchers interference apparently

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Mortlake Cricket Club has signed Sri Lanka player Nishan Peiris for 8 games. That’s huge for a country club

 

[GotTheGoodes]

Mortlake Cricket Club has signed Sri Lanka player Nishan Peiris for 8 games. That’s huge for a country club

Wow. That's huge. Great get!

I'm happy with this thread... Play on!

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Your dad’s of the EPL. For those unaware, the EPL sadly has moved to Stan for next season

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Avondale FC v Stirling Macedonia in the Aus Cup on Channel 10 if anyone wants to watch it

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Tonight’s results in the Aus Cup

Avondale 5
Stirling Macedonia 1

Darwin Olympic 0
Nunawading City 9

Peninsula 0
Western Sydney Wanderers 3

 

[The King!]

Redsox down

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Tonight’s results in the Australia Cup, South Melbourne had to earn their win against South Hobart. South Hobart’s opening goal of the game was a brilliant scissor kick for goal, A-League quality

We also had an upset with Cooks Hill defeating Adelaide Raiders 3-2

Heidelberg done what they had to do against Weston Bears winning 2-0

Sydney United defeats Northern Tigers 1-0

Stay tuned for next weeks games of the Australia Cup with some of the A-League teams joining the tournament

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Next week’s games

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Tonight’s NPL Victoria results

 

[Mister B]

Tonight’s NPL VictoriaView attachment 2377132 results

Couple of my kids at school play For dandy City juniors. Might have to jump on the Croat bandwagon.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Today’s results of the NPL

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

FMD another A-League club about to go under. And they won a flag just three years ago.

I know zero about the different possible models of club ownership, and like everyone I hate the effin’ arrogant AFL admin, but it has to be said, Aussie Rules seems to have a level of stability unheard of in some other Oz sports (particularly soccer.)

Dare I say some of these sports might need to pull their heads in and look at how the AFL is structured and maybe get some good ideas?

A-League club Western United close to collapse after licence withdrawn

Melbourne-based club says it plans to appeal against decision after independent board found it failed to meet licensing requirements

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mister B]

FMD another A-League club about to go under. And they won a flag just three years ago.

I know zero about the different possible models of club ownership, and like everyone I hate the effin’ arrogant AFL admin, but it has to be said, Aussie Rules seems to have a level of stability unheard of in some other Oz sports (particularly soccer.)

Dare I say some of these sports might need to pull their heads in and look at how the AFL is structured and maybe get some good ideas?

A-League club Western United close to collapse after licence withdrawn

Melbourne-based club says it plans to appeal against decision after independent board found it failed to meet licensing requirements

www.theguardian.com

The whole soccer fraternity in Australia is baffling. From what my sister has experienced with her eldest, local kids soccer costs nearly 3x as much as local footy to participate in. Where the hell does that money get invested?

The A-League should be able to get more of a foothold than it does because of the relative clean air it gets from a sporting sense over the summer months but manages to shoot itself in the foot more often than not. As for Western United going under, if you were going to get an area of the city that would take up a local soccer side, it would have been in those western suburbs. If a club can't survive there, one won't survive anywhere else in Victoria.

That being said, at local level, there're still many ethnically aligned clubs which may explain why locals don't jump on board with a secular team.